Canada Gairdner International Award 1998: Winners

Recipients

1. Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn

   Biology

   For the discovery of the structure of telomeres and the enzyme that synthesizes them.

2. Giuseppe Attardi, Walter Neupert

   Biology

   For his pioneering contribution to our understanding of the structure of the human mitochondrial genome and its role in human disease.

3. Gottfried Schatz

   Biology

   For the discovery of the transport of proteins into mitochondria.